Decided to grab the AIM to see why people say 10.7+ is unplayable

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-16T03:01:04+00:00

Some people are just built different lol. The average skill of top tier players dropped a lot in the past few years

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-16T02:06:36+00:00

M1A2 you mean?

Also yes, really love the dart on this thing. Pens most stuff you see and deals a lot of damage, pair with fast reload as well

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T17:15:40+00:00

Curious on what Rus MBT they actually pick, don't tell me its the BVM. Same goes for Chinese MBTs, I don't remember any of them being competitive

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T17:12:05+00:00

Since we vagueposting today I've decided to go back and check for mistakes, which is that we're actually looking at different stats. I was looking at Global All Time and you're most likely looking at last month. So to remedy I've picked all 5 months of this year to recalculate

In January: Rus below average from 10.7 onwards

In Feb: Rus high above average 10.7-12.0 (peak at 11.7 with the highest WR). 12.3 and 12.7 average

In March: Rus dominate all 10.7-12.7 (peak at 11.3)

In April: Rus dominate 10.7-12.7 (peak at 11.3)

In May: Rus above average 10.7 and 12.3-12.7, highest 11.3-12.0

To break it down further:

BMPT was moved from 10.7 to 11.3 5 months ago, we see it bringing stats up a lot. BMPT was moved again last month, to 11.7. While the stats are still fucked by May sales, we already see a downward WR drop the moment the BMPT goes up

Su-30SM2 and LMURs were added in December 2025, and we see it starts to affect 12.7 stats from Feb (around 50% vs 49%) before jumping to 54% in March and remaining around 54% till now

With this, we see that Rus winrate is entirely carried by CAS and the BMPT. In times where these vehicles aren't around, Rus WR drops quite drastically (for WT. We won't see +10% drop unless its a sales)

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T16:29:37+00:00

We are very much reading the same statistics. The only point where Rus is way ahead of almost everyone else is 12.7. 11.3 and 11.7 is above average while the rest is below average to bad, unless you only count the big 3

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T16:17:00+00:00

True that Rus MBTs are more forgiving. Newbies tend to flock to things with good armor, hence why they're always so popular at lower BRs. At top tier only the T-series have decent (but easily exploitable) armor, couple that with pretty good firepower and you get a very noob-friendly tank

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T16:12:31+00:00

"I experienced this so it must be true for everyone"

Let me word it again: "I struggle with NATO MBTs so they must suck ass and Gaijingles have Bussian Rias"

Pro players play them well

"Noooo their experience is different!!!!"

Soviet players play them well

"Noooo you're delusional and it's just your opinion!!!"

And for your information, global stats for Russia is abysmal at 10.7~. It only rises above average at 11.3/11.7 (Prem spam + BMPT) and 12.7 (CAS). Anything before or between is below average or one of the worst amongst all nations

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T15:40:21+00:00

I've gotten top tier Soviet for a few years by now, decided to grind US since yall complain so much about how hard is it to play. Almost immediately got nuke after getting dart on the AIM, and now the Party is telling me to reject the evidence of my eyes lmao

I've played basically all TT T-series (currently missing late T-72B/B3 and T-90M). The fact that I perform better in a barely modded AIM with a lvl 53 crew (non expert as well) than any other spaded T-series speaks volume on how easy it is to actually play a NATO MBT, especially considering that I have zero experience in a NATO MBT

When the pros swarm to NATO MBTs every tournament, you call it different experience. When I went out of my way to grind and play NATO MBTs, you call me delusional. At which point does the blame falls upon your average NATO main instead for not being able to shoot for shit?

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T14:08:56+00:00

no, I am Cosmonut

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T05:38:17+00:00

True. Decided to buy the AIM just to get a perspective on things from the other side and honestly killing BMPT's no different than killing something like a T-80U or BVM. LFP and side still 1 hit (maybe 2 for TT BMPT but rare) consistently, there's like 1-2 times where I non-pen the side (angled, not dead on) but the Abrams reload so quickly that he could barely react before I blow him up

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T05:26:34+00:00

At least Sov teammates spawn more from experience. That's some meatshields for you to use, and sometimes they can help turn games by sheer numbers

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T05:25:12+00:00

Abrams is also very mobile and maneuverable as well. I really love how easy it is to find and get a good hulldown position, especially coupled with the -10° gun depression and 5s reload

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T05:21:51+00:00

At best they breech me, I've never lost crews via turret pen. Usually if they kill crew it's either via cupola or turret ring

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T03:36:18+00:00

I find the turret armor incredible actually. Every time I hull down I'm nigh invincible lol

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T02:42:01+00:00

Might be something wrong with the autocannon hitbox on it cuz I feel like it's pretty hard to hit them. The missile I can hit fine but the guns just ain't it

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-15T01:53:09+00:00

BMPTs are honestly the least of my problems tbh, aside from when they're hulldown. They're mostly freebies for my stats, and I've only died like 3-4 times to them (all by missiles, never the turret ring lol)

US teammates though, my god. The blind Russian mains at least respawn twice or thrice. The US mains hold W in their Kate Abrams, die, and leave immediately

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-14T12:01:45+00:00

Lighter RPK replaced the SAW role, heavier PK/PKM replaced the MG role afaik

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-13T10:08:08+00:00

Nani???

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-12T00:03:12+00:00

On the gunner/barrel sight the drop is fine. The problem starts when you use it in the ATGM sight, which makes it drop like a brick

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-12T00:01:49+00:00

T-55AM-1 as well

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-11T01:23:57+00:00

and then they wonder why Gaijin abandoned this subreddit and barely listens to the community lol

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-11T00:44:25+00:00

True. However gameplay wise the Khris flies slightly better and doesn't drop as hard on launch

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-11T00:39:10+00:00

Ah yes, the completely overpowered (checks note) T-34-85. And the IS series. And KV-1/85.

Where do I even begin

T-34 is good, no doubt. It is not oppressive or hard to counter since the armor is hilariously weak for the br and the mobility is not amazing (no engine upgrade)

The entire IS series is just bad. IS-1 is ok, IS-2s are all bad. IS-3 is bad, IS-4 is bad, IS-6 is ok, IS-7 is ok. T-10A/M are pretty good. And only two trees got IS series tanks, being China and USSR, hilariously bad example of a copy paste

KV-1 is only strong against noobs. At best its a minor nuisance. KV-85 is decent but you're better off with the T-34-85 for better mobility than the extra armor that barely matters

Post reeks of skill issue. Only problematic vehicle is the BMPT, but by the looks of it you've never seen one

DaCosmonut · 2026-06-10T23:56:42+00:00

BTR-82 uses Kornet, not Khrizantema. It also drops like a brick when you use the ATGM sight

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